Everyone’s talking about Cher‘s performance at last night’s 2017 Billboard Music Awards show. The 71-year-old diva (she’s 71, y’all!) accepted the Billboard Icon Award, where she attributed much of her 50+ year career to luck:
“I think luck has so much to do with my success,” she said. “I think it was mostly luck with a little bit of something thrown in.”
She also wowed the crowd with not one but two of her greatest hits.
First, she lip-synced, er, sang 1998’s “Believe” while dressed in a white blonde wig and sequined jumpsuit with a heart over her left nipple. She followed that up with 1989’s “If I Could Turn Back Time” while rocking the original revealing one-piece bathing suit she wore in the music video:
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Of course, the crowd went wild. Not just for the performances, but for how incredible she looked. During her speech, Cher implied yoga was her trick to keeping her body so amazing, telling the audience:
“I can do a five-minute plank, okay? Just saying.”
Then she thanked her mom for everything. So sweet.
Check out what people on Twitter have been saying about the performance…
Cher is 71 and wearing the same barely-there outfit she wore in 1989 and headlining Vegas. I'm 31 and had trouble getting out of bed today.
— Erich Bergen (@erichbergen) May 22, 2017
Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer are 71, 70 and 59 and this is how they look like now.. I guess they really are some witches pic.twitter.com/AH29fMqgBc
— paola ? (@90sIover) May 22, 2017
Jesus Christ you can watch Twin Peaks later @cher is on Billboard and singing If I Could Turn Back Time in the ORIGINAL OUTFIT. She's 71 ?
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) May 22, 2017
If I look like Cher when *I'm* 71 I'm wearing that outfit to Dunkin Donuts, in all honesty.
— DemocracyDiesInOrb? (@ChrisSobolowski) May 22, 2017
Seeing Cher perform at 71 just made me realize Bey got decades and decades left to give us more hits.
— Jehovah Thickness (@GlamazonJay) May 22, 2017
Cher is 71 y'all. Just let that sink in? #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/REl0UNC33R
— Jimmy Neutron (@yaboy_neutron) May 22, 2017
Cher is one example of if you stay unproblematic and carefree you dont age
— D-13 (@Jooheonies) May 22, 2017
Can't believe Cher invented homosexuality
— Shawarma daddy? (@whosjesus__) May 22, 2017
not only has Cher been relevant since the 1960's but she's been consistently serving looks for the past 50 years.
— reggie (@1942bs) May 22, 2017
Cher giving me so much life right now. ?? pic.twitter.com/5Pajr5kShS
— Frank Costa (@feistyfrank) May 22, 2017
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PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
“Cher is one example of if you stay **unproblematic** and carefree you dont age”
LOL is if that is even possible today. Besides, it’s not even true.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
*As if
scotshot
Cher has not had a carefree life. She’s blessed with making it look so. She’s original cool.
He BGB
To be 71 and be able to thank your MOTHER. Georgia had her at a young age. Good genes.
strix1
Let’s not talk about her…well, for 71 she looks pretty good, plastic or not.
JED08
Cher is one of the rare plastic surgery success stories. She never made a misstep with it, and damn does she look good.
Ellie533
Before I read this article I saw the pictures and thought the author would comment on the poundage, just sayin’ y’all. But when I think of the fact that Sonny and Cher had their first hit when I was three years old, and I’m 56, it’s pretty damn impressive that she’s on that stage at all. She’s more than an icon, and it’s more than luck, honey. It’s a lot of damn hard work I’m sure.
Uppity
Ascribing her success to “luck” is very modest of her. Luck had very little to do with it, she’s been incredibly tenacious during the ups and downs of her life. If you take away all the artifice there’s still that really fantastic voice and a frank personality which people respond to.
silveroracle
She is looking good for her age.
alanballs
Cher looks good for any age…..
socaldesign
TV may have been lip synced, but I saw her the night before in her concert in Vegas, sitting close to the stage and it sure as hell was live (Even Believe with it’s digital manipulation). And despite adding a few pounds since she first wore that outfit, she looked incredible. Of course Bob Mackie has always been a genius at making her look amazing.
Richard 55
Cher is a loser. She has not aged gracefully. Like many liberal women, she is obsessed with looking sexy. She’s a narcissist.
Sexy left you long ago, Cher. Now, you’re just a try-hard with a warble.
alanballs
Oh come on now, Richard…..get over yourself. There is NOTHING wrong with ‘aging’ with a little help from a team of great surgeons.
Vanessa Sheridan Chicago
Take that Madonna fans. Your idol is old, weathered, and has NO talent whatsoever. Cher shows HOW IT’S DONE. She is a true ally of the gay community where Madonna just uses us.
Carole
I agree she’s looking great for her age. I wish I looked that good at 58! Yes, she’s gained some weight but ain’t we all? But one thing I really want to point out is that it is not the same outfit. Never mind that she couldn’t fit into the old one, it must’ve been tiny. Only look at it, just look! I noticed right away and went to the old original video from 1989 for comparison. It is totally different! Here everyone is talking about how she’s wearing the same outfit – I thought SOMEBODY besides me would surely see it but no! Not one person!
alanballs
even with a little extra weight, Cher looks great for any age.
Jack Meoff
I did notice but didn’t care enough to post about it……..until now.
BlackCare555
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o.codone
It’s a little like Lenin’s tomb. Right?